House lawmakers hope to keep Syrian refugees out of the United States. On Thursday, lawmakers passed a bill to add more security checks.

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While the president promises a veto in Washington, a couple dozen people showed up to voice their concern at a Nebraska Families Collaborative meeting.

The organization is a nonprofit that serves at-risk youth in the state, including refugee children.

As community partners presented how they work with refugee families already in Omaha, many waited to push against future resettlement without more safeguards.

Many questions went unanswered during the meeting.

“They knew this was a big issue for us as Americans, and we should be able to discuss it, but they cut it short,” said James McGinnis, of Omaha. “We better be careful, because if we don't discuss and settle this, we will suffer what happened in Paris."

Nebraska Families Collaborative said the concern may be better voiced someplace else.

“The fact of the matter is our agency has nothing to do with immigration or refugees,” said Dave Newell, CEO of the Nebraska Families Collaborative. “We serve children who come to Omaha who might have refugee status, so we were talking about that.”

Lutheran Family Services, a Nebraska Families Collaborative partner, does help resettle refugees in Nebraska, but staff said they do not have any from Syria at this time.

“Right now, it's an 18- to 24-month process for refugees to go through the process, and many also spend years in a camp in their home country,” said Todd Reckling, of Lutheran Family Services. “Right now, there are no Syrians that we are being asked to resettle.”